John, Paul and George have all appeared in a shortlist of 100 of the Greatest Britons recently published. The list is not in any kind of rank order, that will be happening in October. But, in alphabetical order, here's the list of the 100 greatest Britons:

John, Paul and George have all appeared in a shortlist of 100 of the Greatest Britons recently published. The list is not in any kind of rank order, that will be happening in October. But, in alphabetical order, here's the list of the 100 greatest Britons:

Yeah, there's not all that many TV celebs on there. Which is a good thing, if you think about it. It shows that the voters have a good sense of culture and history - there's a wide range of fields in those candidates - musicians, writers, scientists, inventors, politicians, royalty, sportsmen, mythological heroes, military leaders . . . there's a lot.

The difference between genius and insanity is merely the difference between success and failure.

Well, Johnny Rotten was probably voted on there because of the influence the Sex Pistols had. As for Robbie, well, he is certainly a good singer, with some admirable songs to his name, but probably got on there from kids voting. It could have been worse - it could have been a LOT worse. Think about it that way. The list is actually pretty good, if you think about it, and there's not all that many howlers on there, really . . .

The difference between genius and insanity is merely the difference between success and failure.